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CVE-2018-12179

Published: 27 March 2019

Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

Notes

AuthorNote
debian
OpalPassword code is not enabled in Debian images
mdeslaur
OpenPasswordSmm.c is not built on Ubuntu

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
edk2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not built)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Not vulnerable
(0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream
Released (0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not built)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/commit/54d5ab6a7354c7f7d8828136fa4bb3119984bfad

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H